Bottle-stopper



A. J. DANIEL.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1919.

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ALBERT J. DANIEL, 0F BOONE, IOWA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed October 13, 1919. Serial No. 330,470.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT J. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Boone, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and use ful Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a bottle stopper of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly it is my object to provide a bottle stopper of the type which can be readily and easily fastened 011 the neck of a bottle and held there against accidental displacement, or against displacement by pressure from within the bottle, which stopper is provided with adjustable parts so that the stopper may be readily adjusted on the bottle and then looked in position thereon without the use of special tools or machines or implements.

Vith these and other objects in View, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the cuts eonternplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a bottle having installed thereon a stopper embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the stopper, a small portion being shown in section.

Fig. 3 shows an inverted plan view of the stopper, a portion being shown in cross section.

Fig. 1 shows a similar view with the movable parts in a different position of their adjustment.

Fig. 5 shows a side elevation of a portion of a stopper holder of a modified form.

Fig. 6 shows a plan view of the blank from which the holder member shown in Fig. 5 is made.

Fig. 7 shows a side elevation of another modified form of the stopper holder.

Fig. 8 shows a vertical sectional view through a rubber stopper of the kind usedwith my stopper holding means; and

Fig. 9 shows a similar view of a cork stopper.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a bottle indicated generally by the reference character 10. The bottle is provided with a neck 11, and has adjacent to its opening at the upper end of the neck an annular external rib 12.

My improved stopper comprises a body 13 adapted to rest on the top of the bottle, and formed with a reduced portion 14 designed to fit and project into the bottle neck. In Fig. 8 I have shown a rubber stopper, and in Fig. 9 a cork stopper.

For fastening the stopper on the bottle, I have provided means which I will now describe somewhat in detail.

The fastening means comprises a holder strip or the like 15, which is curved from its central portion downwardly and laterally to its ends, so as to fit snugly over the upper part of the stopper body 13. The ends of the holder strip are bent to form the loops 16, the extreme ends of the strip being preferably underneath the body thereof, as illustrated, for instance in'Fig. 2. A fastening wire or the like 1-7 may be extended through the stopper body 13, and fastened to the strip 15. A resilient locking ring 18 is provided, having an end formed of a loop 19, and having another end extended through the loop 19 and terminating in a loop 20, which is arranged to project laterally outwardly from the main body of the ring 18. The ring 18 has opposite portions 21 arranged outside the outline of the extended circle of the main portion of the ring, as illustrated in Fig. 4. That is to say, the ring 18, instead of being formed substantially in a perfect circle, has the two spaced opposite portions 21 projecting outside of such a circle.

In installing one of my stoppers on a bottie, the ring18 is rotated or moved with re lation to 'the loops 16, until the said loops ride on the portions 21. It may be men tioned in this connection that the loops 16 are of considerably larger internal diameter than the wire or other material of the ring 18, so as to permit the ring 18 to slide freely in the loops 16. It will also be understood that the ring 18 should preferably be made of somewhat resilient material, which is capable of bending to some extent.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a side elevation of the stopper, with the parts arranged in the same way as illustrated in Fig. 3. v

The parts being so arranged, the portion 1 1 of the stopper is inserted into the bottle neck and the ring 18 is slipped over the rib 12. The operator then places a finger against one of the loops 16 and a thumb 15 will be drawn downwardly over the stop-' per body 13. The movement of the ring 18 from its position shown in Fig. 3 to its position shown in Fig. 4-, serves to pull the ends of the strip 15 inwardly and downwardly for firmly locking the stopper on the bottle.

In Figs- 5 and 6 I have shown a slightly modifiedform of holding strip, which is indicated in said figures by the reference character In this modified form of the strip tongues 22 are cut from the strip and bent inwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 5, so that they may be forced into the stopper body 14 for connecting the stopper body with the holding strip.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the blank from which the holder strip 15 is formed.

In Fig. 7 is shown another modified form of the strip holding and fastening mechanism. In this form no means is shown for fastening the strip to the holding means. In the formshown in Fig. 7, the holder strip is indicated by the reference character 15". lVith the forms shown in Figs. 5 and 7 it is obvious that if it is not desired to use the stoppers a seoond time, the old stoppers may be thrown away and new ones easily substituted for them without discarding the stopper holding means.

My improved stopper and holding means have a number of advantages, many of which will be readily seen from the foregoing description.

It will be seen, as heretofore explained, that my stopper may be firmlyfastened to the bottle by hand, and that it is not necessary to use special instruments or tools or capping machine in installing the stoppers.

For releasing the stopper, the operator slides the ring 18, by pushing on the loop 20, from the position of said ring shown in Fig. 41 to the position thereof shown, for instance, in Fig. 3.

The peculiar construction of the ring 18 is such that the loop 20 furnishes a means whereby the ring may be readily rotated on the bottle neck for moving it to its locked or unlocked position.

' The stoppers may be used repeatedly, whereby a great saving may be effected as compared with the stoppers or cap devices which must be discarded after one use, and if desired the holding means may be used repeatedly and the stoppers proper may be used once and then replaced.

The strip 15 is. preferably of resilient material so that the ends thereof will spring outwardly for permitting the ready unlocking and removal of the stopper.

It will be seen that some changes may be made in the details of the construction and arrangement of my bottle stopper without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim any modified forms of structure or'use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention: 1

In a device of the class described, the combination of a bottle stopper having a reducedportion adapted to be projected into a bottle neck, and an annular shoulder'to fit against said neck,.with a holder strip extending over said stopper, ends projecting below said shoulder and provided with openings, and

a resilient ring mounted in saidopenings to slide freely therein, said ring having opposite portions extending outwardly from the main body of the ring, said ring having at one end a loop and having the other end extended through said loop and terminating in a second loop projecting laterally to form a handle. 7

Des Moines, Iowa, September 19, 1919.

ALBERT J. DANIEL. 

